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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has hired a New York City-based firm to build a $23 million tech facility that will give NASA Langley Research Center scientists better access to high-performance computers. The new 40,000-square-foot facility will act as a data center and “high-density office space” for the federal research center that performs aeronautical, space exploration and science research, according to a news release published by the Corps of Engineers late Thursday. Langley’s Center Operations Directorate Director Cathy Mangum said the center will allow computer simulations to “anchor the research and development testing that we perform to meet the NASA...

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Salty … with sweetness and a smooth finish.
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